Contributive use of tear IgE detection and impression cytology in the diagnosis of chronic conjunctivitis;Interet du dosage des IgE lacrymales et des empreintes conjonctivales dans le diagnostic des conjonctivites chroniques

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-213

  Bourcier, T ^a   Moldovan, M ^a   Goldschild, M ^a   Becquet, F ^a   Brignole, F ^a   Goguel, A ^a   Baudouin, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Conjunctiva; HLA DR; IgE; Impression cytology

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; DRY EYE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0031898356     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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